With 26 left or so I remember checking and it was 14 Americans and 12 non-Americans with a similar average stack - the non Americans ran terribly from 3 tables left onwards. For example on the FT Cynn and Lynskey were the clear two best players ability wise imo and Lynskey was so carddead he didn't win a single hand. There were also a ton of Americans coolering non Americans leading into the FT.

I think it's clear American is fav over non American, but not by a large margin any given year.